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BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-05-31. NATIVE CARRIERS CROSSING THE HONGORAI RIVER ON THEIR WAY FROM NIHERO TO MORAKAIMORO WHERE THE 2/8 COMMANDO SQUADRON ARE OPERATING AGAINST THE JAPANESE.
MOROKAIMORO, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-06-05. THE VIEW FROM THE MOROKAIMORO, SHOWING THE TYPE OF COUNTRY IN WHICH 2/8 COMMANDO SQUADRON TROOPS, ASSISTED BY NATIVE SCOUTS, ARE OPERATING AGAINST THE JAPANESE I
SX18513 TROOPER WILLIAM FRANK BYRNE, 2/8 COMMANDO SQUADRON STOPS FOR A DRINK FROM HIS BERET WHILE CROSSING THE HONGORAI RIVER ON HIS WAY TO SQUADRON HEADQUARTERS AT MOROKAIMORO.
BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-05-18. PRIVATE J.W. BARRETT, B COMPANY, 57/60 INFANTRY BATTALION, BEING CARRIED BY NATIVES ACROSS A FAST FLOWING RIVER ON HIS WAY BACK TO AN ADVANCED DRESSING STATION. HE WAS WOUNDE
BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-20. NATIVE CARRIERS WERE THE FIRST TO REAP THE HARVEST OF SWEET POTATOES (KAU KAU), FROM JAPANESE GARDENS AFTER THE 24 INFANTRY BATTALION HAD ADVANCED SOUTH OF THE HONGORAI RIVER
BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-05-18. NATIVE CARRIERS NEGOTIATING AN ESCARPMENT SOUTH OF HONGORAI RIVER WITH A BATTLE CASUALTY OF 57/60 BATTALION, WOUNDED IN ACTION IN THE ADVANCE ALONG THE AXIS OF COMMANDO ROAD.
BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-05-17. A NATIVE CARRIER TRAIN PACKING AMMUNITION AND SUPPLIES OVER THE HONGORAI RIVER TO 57/60 INFANTRY BATTALION TROOPS ADVANCING ALONG COMMANDO ROAD.
